Spring-stake.



M. R. JENKINS.

SPRING STAKE.

APPLwATmN FILED JAN,18, 1907.

Patented 0ct.26, 1909.

FIE| E L/fl WITNESSES:

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SPRING-STAKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 26, 1909.

Application filed January 18, 1907. Serial No. 352,914.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARION R. JENKINS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Browning, in the county of Linn and State of Missouri, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Spring-Stakes; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to guard stakes used in connection withhay-stackers and other similar machines to retain the hay on the fork;and it consists in the novel construction and combination of the partshereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a plan view of the fork of a hay-stacker,showing the application of these stakes. Fig. 2 is a front view of aspring stake. Fig. 3 is a side view of the same.

A is an anchor-piece or base, preferably formed in the shape of a largestaple and provided with pointed ends a which are driven into theground.

B is a loop shaped arm of spring metal the lower end portions of whichare pro vided with a link or clip I) for securing them together.

C are two helical springs formed of the end portions of the rod fromwhich the arm is made. These two springs are coiled about the top bar Aof the anchor-piece, and their extreme ends are secured to the sideportions of the said anchor-piece by rivetsG or other approved fasteningdevices. The arm B is normally supported in a vertical position and canbe turned about the part A as a center in each direction. The arm isalso free to move to a limited extent in any other direction as thecoils of its supporting springs do not touch the bar about which theyare arranged.

These stakes are driven into the ground in front of the tines of a forkof a hay-stacker, D, of any approved construction. The hay is draggedonto the fork by any suitable machine and the spring supported arms bendin front of the hay and allow it to pass over them, and then retain iton the fork.

What I claim is:

1. In a spring stake, the combination, with an anchor-portion formedlike a staple and provided with two pointed ends for driving into theground, of a single spring supported arm which projects upwardly fromthe top part of the said anchor-portion.

2. The combination, with an'anchor-stake for driving into the ground, ofa loopshaped arm of spring metal having its end portions wound helicallyto form two series of spring coils, and means for securing the twoopposite end coils of the said series to the said stake.

3. The combination, with an anchor-stake for driving into the ground, ofa loopshaped arm of spring metal having its end portions wound helicallyto form two series of spring coils, a clip encircling the lower parts ofthe said arm and preventing them from spreading, and means for securingthe two opposite end coils of the said series to the said stake.

4;. As an article of manufacture, a hay retainer for use in connectionwith the fork of a hay stacker, the same comprising a stake adapted tobe driven into the ground and an upwardly projecting yieldingfinger'pivotally mounted directly on the upper end of the said stake.

5. The combination with a holder, of a hay retainer consisting of afinger, a spiral spring extending laterally upon each side of saidfinger, and means for securing the free ends of said spring in theholder.

In testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

MARION R. JENKINS.

Witnesses:

JAMES P. BoLLrNc, G. E. MURPHY.

